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Eliminating innovation unknowns - definitions

Jeffrey Phillips

Perhaps one of the simplest, and yet most important unknown to address is a definition of innovation. We at OVO often demand that our clients develop a consistent definition of innovation that can be communicated to teams within the organization. You can see those different definitions by clicking here.

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Shared innovation language accelerates innovation

Jeffrey Phillips

Each were leaders in their respective industries and several of them promote innovation as a core operating capability. Nevertheless I felt it was important to establish a common definition and scope of innovation before moving ahead. Further, the narrow definitions extended to outcomes. Ten Types But we went further.

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The "whole product" is more relevant than ever

Jeffrey Phillips

As Software as a Service and other "as a service" models demonstrate, increasingly there isn't a "product" per se, but a number of services wrapped up as a product offering. In fact the whole nomenclature may be wrong - it may be that we should be calling this the "whole solution" to move away from "product" nomenclature.

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Innovation: Exploiting and Exploring

Jeffrey Phillips

Take innovation for example. No matter where you turn companies and experts are creating all sorts of innovation dichotomies. Products or services? Incremental or disruptive? On the other hand, very little innovation in corporate levels is focused on transformation or disruption. Exploit or Explore?

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Why being ambidextrous is not enough - looking ahead to 2020

Jeffrey Phillips

So the question becomes - will there be a sustained push for more innovation, and will there be a need for more external assistance? I think there will remain a focus on innovation, but with different agendas and motives. A good friend, Drew Boyd, who is no slouch at innovation himself, suggested that innovation moves in cycles.

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Why innovation portfolios matter

Jeffrey Phillips

At this point in business evolution, every CEO understands the need for more innovation. After a decade of reading about it, getting pounded over the head with the Jobs/Apple story and watching new innovations disrupt entire industries, businesses are starting to react. Some are successful.

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Innovation and Maturation

Jeffrey Phillips

So many companies make so many claims about innovation, and yet so few are really, deeply engaged in innovation. In the next decade we'll say goodbye to some of the firms who are talking about innovation but aren't exercising the muscles. Disruption and market transformation will occur (will?